Muhaimin Iqbal
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Introducing Regenerative Hydrocarbon Equation (RHCE)

Advanced Renewable

Wed , 28 Feb 2024 18:20 WIB

This is good news for people around the world. In the midst of an increasingly uncertain geopolitical crisis, energy security is also starting to be disrupted in a number of countries. Now any country in the world can produce its own petroleum or hydrocarbons economically, by utilizing three things that are certain to exist in every country - or any part of the world. These three things are carbon emissions (CO2), biomass (carbon or C producer) and water.

How to produce regenerative hydrocarbons as an economical substitute for petroleum? The following are the most feasible three processes - at least base on our experiments. These three processes are not our inventions, but rather the inventions of scientists from three centuries ago, what we have done is simply simplify them so that hydrocarbons are easy to produce and affordable - anywhere.

The first process was discovered by Oliver Leopold Boudouard from the 19th century, essentially he changed CO2 and C into CO gas. For the application, we created a reactor which we call OCCYRE (Onboard Carbon Capture for Regenerative Energy) - equation 1.

The second process is a discovery by Felice Fontana from the 18th century, essentially changing CO gas and water into H2 and CO2. For the application we created a reactor called Water Gas Shift (WGS) - equation 2.

The third process was the discovery of Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch a century ago, the 20th century. Essentially it is to change CO and Hydrogen gas into the Hydrocarbons that we know today, which can be used for petrol, diesel, jet-fuel, LPG and so on.

We then simplify these three processes discovered by their respective inventors in different centuries - as in the left part of the illustration below, the same molecules but on different sides will cancel each other out, so the result is the very simple 4th equation.

Because we haven't found anyone who has named this 4th equation, we temporarily name it the Regenerative Hydrocarbon Equation (RHCE). The most economical process uses the 3 steps mentioned above, but to easily understand it in terms of business model planning etc., the 4th equation that we found can be a great help.

In essence, if we can make C reactive to produce CO - one of it with OCCYRE, and the next also to produce low cost hydrogen - with WGS, then we will be able to produce low cost Hydrocarbons with the FTS reactor. This is the answer to the world's goals in SDGs number 7, clean and affordable energy, which must be achieved before 2030!